Patrick Beverley, Gary Trent Jr. get technical fouls before game even starts

Jon Krawczynski: The game hasn’t even started and we already have double technicals on Gary Trent Jr and Patrick Beverley, jockeying before opening tip
Source: Twitter @JonKrawczynski

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Patrick Beverley on losing to Toronto tonight:
“I’m disappointed by tonight’s loss. Really disappointed. But that comes with it… Any game I play in I want to win at a high level all the time. It’s a very bad loss for me.” – 11:52 PM Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Patrick Beverley on his extension:
“I told you guys and everyone was looking at me like I was crazy. Telling y’all I was gonna take this team to the playoffs. We’re here now. I know me, I know my worth, I know what I bring to the table. I’m fortunate to be able to do it here.” – 11:50 PM Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Patrick Beverley after tonight’s loss to Toronto:
“We’re just the 7th seed. We want to catch Denver, we want to catch Dallas. We want to catch those teams. And in order to do that we gotta play consistent offensively and defensively.” – 11:47 PM Eric Koreen @ekoreen
“I love Gary. … That’s a Trent thing.” – Pascal Siakam on the Trent/Beverley contretemps at tip. – 10:53 PM Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
Nurse, asked if the pre-game exchange with Beverley helped Trent get fired up: “Gary’s pretty juiced up most nights, and I don’t think that was going to matter. Gary grew up here, so I think he was going to be juiced up for this one (regardless).” – 10:49 PM Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
Lmao Gary Trent Jr with the full fit breakdown of Gary Trent Sr pic.twitter.com/q346i2UcWu – 10:34 PM Jon Krawczynski @JonKrawczynski
Man that’s a big-time shot from Gary Trent Jr. – 10:14 PM Eric Koreen @ekoreen
Patrick Beverley committed that foul! – 9:39 PM Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Thing about the Beverley-OG thing — and I am sure Raptors fans don’t want to hear it — is that it was Brothers who was the only ref to see the Beverley hit and hit made that call – 9:32 PM Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
How is Beverley not ejected for that? Nonsense. – 9:29 PM Doug Smith @SmithRaps
World’s.
Longest.
Review.
And they come out with OG getting a Flagrant 1 to reacting the PF they called on Beverley to begin it – 9:28 PM Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Refs are gonna look this call over; Brothers had, I think, a foul on Beverley before the official on the other side of the court called OG for a PF – 9:24 PM Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
Trent and Barnes, who went 4-for-25 in New Orleans a couple days ago, hit 8 of their first 9 shots tonight. Question is: does Patrick Beverley get credited with an assist for each of ’em? – 8:31 PM Eric Koreen @ekoreen
Judging on Gary Trent’s play, I’d like to request whatever Patrick Beverley said to him pre-game to be my morning alarm. – 8:25 PM Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
If Monday’s 30-point loss in New Orleans wasn’t enough to get the Raptors’ attention going into this one, Patrick Beverley certainly did. – 8:17 PM Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Wolves putting Patrick Beverley on Pascal Siakam tonight – 8:14 PM Michael Grange @michaelgrange
I actually love Patrick Beverly, and am not surprised one bit that Gary Trent Jr. won’t have any of his BS. – 8:13 PM Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Patrick Beverley and Gary Trent Jr. just got a double technical before the tip off – 8:11 PM Jon Krawczynski @JonKrawczynski
The game hasn’t even started and we already have double technicals on Gary Trent Jr and Patrick Beverley, jockeying before opening tip – 8:11 PM Doug Smith @SmithRaps
We’ve got double Ts on Trent and Beverley before the tip!
This one might be fun – 8:11 PM Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine
Double technicals before the game even starts on Trent Jr. and Beverley. – 8:11 PM Darren Wolfson @DWolfsonKSTP
With #Raptors stud Gary Trent Jr. at Target Center tonight to play the #Timberwolves, fun to look back at stories I did on him when he was at Apple Valley HS. BTW, Nowell and Vanderbilt were teammates of his on the USA U16 team I reference: pic.twitter.com/NsQhV8rOih – 6:21 PM Jon Krawczynski @JonKrawczynski
Timberwolves have made the Patrick Beverley extension official. A one-year, $13 million deal. Beverley gets a great payday, Wolves retain flexibility into the future. Good for both sides. – 10:09 AM Patrick Beverley @patbev21
Minnesota Thank You🙏🏾🐺🐺🙏🏾 – 11:27 PM Spencer Percy @QCHspencer
Pat Beverley sucked the soul out of this #Hornets backcourt late in the game. – 10:51 PM Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Gary Trent Jr. is two for his last two! – 9:43 PM Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
Gary Trent’s finally on the board, knocking down a 3 after missing his first 11 shots… and just as I was looking up the franchise record for most FGA in a game without hitting a shot.
(Rafer Alston went 0-for-12 in January of 2005, in case you were wondering) – 9:41 PM

More on this storyline

Clutch Points: Patrick Beverley and Gary Trent Jr. getting into it on this jumpball. Timberwolves and Raptors HYPED early 🔥 pic.twitter.com/9PvVBYYWu2 -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / February 16, 2022 Eric Walden: Rudy Gobert on his techs: “I just think both of them could have been non-technical fouls. I didn’t feel like I disrespected any official. I didn’t feel like I made any non-basketball play.” -via Twitter @tribjazz / February 15, 2022 Jimmy Butler: There are some real rivalries out there. I just think the game has changed in a lot of ways. They’re not letting you get into no brawls no more. Nobody’s going to let you do that. I wish that they would let us do that a little bit, if I’m just being honest. I really do think they’re still there. The game has just changed. It’s not as much banging and knocking people to the ground anymore. You can’t do it like that—you get a flagrant 1, a flagrant 2, a tech, something. I wish it would go back to that time. -via complex.com / February 8, 2022